Our group focuses on exploring the design, development, and characterization of materials and structures under extreme pressures, temperatures, and strain-rates. We explore fundamental mechanics including phase-transformation, strength, and fracture across micro-structural to macroscopic spatial scales. This is done using advanced experimental facilities such as plate impact, laser-driven impact, and split Hopkinson pressure bar coupled with diagnostic techniques including laser interferometry, ultra-high-speed imaging, in-situ x-ray diffraction, and digital image correlation.